Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1901

Derbyshire County Cricket Club seasons
1901 season
CaptainSamuel Hill Wood
County Championship15
Most runsLevi Wright
Most wicketsBilly Bestwick
Most catchesWilliam Storer
← 1900 1902 →

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1901 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for thirty years. It was their seventh season in the County Championship and they failed to win a single match, ending bottom of the Championship table.

1901 season

Derbyshire CCC played twenty games in the County Championship in 1901 in addition to matches against W.G. Grace's London County Cricket Club, MCC and the touring South Africans. Derbyshire failed to win any first class match during the season.

The captain for the year was Samuel Hill Wood in his third season as captain. However he only took part in five matches and Albert Lawton filled the role on the pitch. Levi Wright was top scorer making two centuries, one of 193. Billy Bestwick took 71 wickets.

Gilbert Curgenven made his debut for the side as did Robert Else who only played in two seasons. Joseph Burton, Arthur Barton, James Oldknow and Arthur Morton made their only appearances for the side during the 1901 season.

Nudger Needham captained the English football team in 1901.

Matches

List of matches
No. Date V Result Margin Notes
1 13 May 1901 [1] London County Cricket Club
Crystal Palace Park 		Lost Innings and 119 runs Not a County Championship match
Beldam 125; Fishwick 103; Sinclair 8-32; JJ Hulme 5-61
2 16 May 1901 [2] Surrey
Kennington Oval 		Lost Innings and 111 runs Hayward 158; Jephson 133; W Bestwick 7-97; Lockwood 7-57; Richardson 6-67
3 20 May 1901 [3] Yorkshire
Fartown, Huddersfield 		Lost Innings and 282 runs Tunnicliffe 145; Brown 5-33; Hirst 7-43
4 23 May 1901 [4] MCC
Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood 		Lost 9 wickets Not a County Championship match
Hearne 7-67; Rawlin 5-28
5 27 May 1901 [5] Hampshire
County Ground, Southampton 		Lost 2 wickets S Evershed 123; Greig 6-38; Llewellyn 5-76; W Bestwick 6-71
6 30 May 1901 [6] Surrey
County Ground, Derby 		Lost 5 wickets Lees 5-47; JJ Hulme 5-71
7 06 Jun 1901 [7] South Africans
County Ground, Derby 		Lost 5 wickets Not a County Championship match
Bisset 184; Graham 6-84 and 5-47
8 10 Jun 1901 [8] Essex
County Ground, Leyton 		Drawn Owen 106; Perrin 101; Reeves 6-46
9 13 Jun 1901 [9] Worcestershire
County Ground, New Road, Worcester 		Lost Innings and 49 runs Wilson 6-55
10 17 Jun 1901 [10] Gloucestershire
Ashley Down Ground, Bristol 		Drawn L Wright 155; W Chatterton 169; Langdon 114; Huggins 6-100
11 20 Jun 1901 [11] Warwickshire
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn Willie Quaife 117;
12 27 Jun 1901 [12] Yorkshire
North Road Ground, Glossop 		Lost 245 runs Wainwright 108; W Bestwick 7-70; Haigh 5-55
13 01 Jul 1901 [13] London County Cricket Club
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Drawn Not a County Championship match
W Storer 5-20
14 15 Jul 1901 [14] Nottinghamshire
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn Gunn 273; L Wright 193; Jones 6-93
15 18 Jul 1901 [15] Leicestershire
North Road Ground, Glossop 		Lost Innings and 20 runs King 143; MacDonald 147*; Geeson 104*; Geeson 6-128 and 6-111
16 22 Jul 1901 [16] Gloucestershire
County Ground, Derby 		Drawn Paish 6-120
17 29 Jul 1901 [17] Lancashire
County Ground, Derby 		Lost Innings and 184 runs Ward 117; Tyldesley 158; JJ Hulme 6-135; Cuttell 7-19; Webb 5-58
18 05 Aug 1901 [18] Hampshire
At County Ground, Derby 		Lost 5 wickets Sprot 130; Llewellyn 5-108; JJ Hulme 5-73; W Bestwick 5-89
19 08 Aug 1901 [19] Lancashire
Old Trafford, Manchester 		Drawn
20 12 Aug 1901 [20] Nottinghamshire
Welbeck Abbey Cricket Ground 		Lost Innings and 159 runs Iremonger 108; Wass 8-17 and 5-23; Gunn 5-14
21 15 Aug 1901 [21] Warwickshire
Edgbaston, Birmingham 		Lost Innings and 52 runs Fishwick 140*; Charlesworth 6-45
22 19 Aug 1901 [22] Worcestershire
County Ground, Derby 		Lost Innings and 121 runs H Foster 152; Bowley 140; R Foster 111; Wilson 6-57; Pearson 5-48
23 22 Aug 1901 [23] Essex
Queen's Park, Chesterfield 		Lost 9 wickets Carpenter 144; Russell 100; Mead 6-97; Young 7-48
24 29 Aug 1901 [24] Leicestershire
Aylestone Road, Leicester 		Drawn King 5-65

Statistics

County Championship batting averages

Name Matches Inns Runs High score Average 100s
SH Evershed 1 2 132 123 66.00 1
LG Wright 19 37 1239 193 33.48 2
W Wilmot 3 5 93 25* 31.00 0
W Chatterton 20 38 987 169 29.90 1
H Bagshaw 10 19 514 92* 28.55 0
AE Lawton 20 37 921 91 25.58 0
W Storer 20 38 932 76 25.18 0
W Sugg 4 8 174 59 24.85 0
W Locker 12 23 458 76 19.91 0
JP Burton 7 12 200 51* 18.18 0
A Warren 8 15 233 37 17.92 0
E Needham 14 25 422 72 16.88 0
SH Wood 5 9 133 54* 16.62 0
G Curgenven 7 13 125 27* 12.50 0
JJ Hulme 20 36 297 38* 9.28 0
JH Young 10 18 120 24 9.23 0
EM Ashcroft 2 4 36 22 9.00 0
W Ellis 2 4 27 9 9.00 0
GR Gregory 2 4 33 16 8.25 0
SWA Cadman 3 6 32 13* 6.40 0
D Bottom 1 2 9 9 4.50 0
W Bestwick 17 31 83 11 4.36 0
A Barton 3 6 24 7 4.00 0
FA Barrs 1 2 7 7 3.50 0
W Birkett 3 6 14 10 2.33 0
J Oldknow 2 4 7 4* 2.33 0
R Else 1 2 3 2 1.50 0
JH Purdy 1 2 3 2 1.50 0
A Morton 1 2 0 0 0.00 0
JA Berwick 1 2 0 0 0.00 0

Paul Boissier and Oswald Burton played in the match against MCC, but not in the County Championship.

County Championship bowling averages

Name Balls Runs Wickets BB Average
W Bestwick 4159 1947 71 7-70 27.42
JJ Hulme 4847 2231 53 6-135 42.09
W Storer 1868 1444 28 4-121 51.57
AE Lawton 966 587 10 2-16 58.70
JH Young 783 408 7 2-11 58.28
A Warren 894 592 7 3-60 84.57
H Bagshaw 440 254 5 4-75 50.80
W Chaterton 282 121 4 2-2 30.25
J Oldknow 252 162 4 3-123 40.50
G Curgenven 324 243 4 2-45 60.75
JA Berwick 186 107 3 2-28 35.66
SWA Cadman 239 100 2 1-6 50.00
EM Ashcroft 78 40 1 1-9 40.00
W Sugg 102 43 1 1-19 43.00
JA Berwick 102 55 0
A Barton 84 61 0
LG Wright 60 18 0
SH Wood 48 14 0
D Bottom 36 12 0
JH Purdy 30 9 0
W Ellis 24 19 0
A Morton 18 14 0
FA Barrs 12 12 0

County Championship Wicket keeping

See also

References

  1. ^ Cricket Archive London County v Derbyshire 13 May 1901
  2. ^ Cricket Archive Surrey v Derbyshire 16 May 1901
  3. ^ Cricket Archive Yorkshire v Derbyshire20 May 1901
  4. ^ Cricket Archive MCC v Derbyshire 23 May 1901
  5. ^ Cricket Archive Hampshire v Derbyshire 27 May 1901
  6. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Surrey 30 May 1901
  7. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v South Africans 06 Jun 1901
  8. ^ Cricket Archive Essex v Derbyshire10 Jun 1901
  9. ^ Cricket Archive Worcestershire v Derbyshire 13 Jun 1901
  10. ^ Cricket Archive Gloucestershire v Derbyshire 17 Jun 1901
  11. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Warwickshire 20 Jun 1901
  12. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Yorkshire 27 Jun 1901
  13. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v London County 01 Jul 1901
  14. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Nottinghamshire 15 Jul 1901
  15. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Leicestershire 18 Jul 1901
  16. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Gloucestershire 22 Jul 1901
  17. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Lancashire 29 Jul 1901
  18. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Hampshire 05 Aug 1901
  19. ^ Cricket Archive Lancashire v Derbyshire 08 Aug 1901
  20. ^ Cricket Archive Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire 12 Aug 1901
  21. ^ Cricket Archive Warwickshire v Derbyshire 15 Aug 1901
  22. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Worcestershire 19 Aug 1901
  23. ^ Cricket Archive Derbyshire v Essex 22 Aug 1901
  24. ^ Cricket Archive Leicestershire v Derbyshire 29 Aug 1901